By: Kevin Ramsell
BURLINGTON, WI (Thursday, November 06, 2008) – Donny Reuvers wears many hats. He is a driver, a partner in Short Track Racing Experience, a husband, a father, and a multiple track champion. As of Tuesday, November 4th, he put on a new hat as track owner as he and his partners at Short Track Racing Experience purchased Raceway Park in Shakopee, MN.

The Dundas, MN driver, who has finished second in the two seasons in the American Speed Association Kwik Trip Midwest Tour presented by ECHO Outdoor Power Equipment, is also a four-time champion of Raceway Park. He recently won his fourth straight track championship at Elko Speedway in Elko, MN.

Reuvers, who is 32, couldn’t pass up an opportunity, “The opportunity became available and I think it will be fun,” Reuvers stated from his hotel room in Las Vegas, NV where he will receive his NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Minnesota Championship this weekend. “John (Hellendrung, previous Raceway Park owner) wanted to get out and we have a passion for this sport and the industry that we didn’t want something to happen to this facility down the road.”

But, there was more of a reason for Reuvers and his partners at Short Track Racing Experience to buy the 50-year-old facility, “It gives us a secured home for our driving school,” Reuvers stated. “With our driving school, sometimes we get two or three people who are interested and the cost of loading up the cars and such was not making it profitable for us to do. Now, we have a place to house the cars and if those two or three people want to do the experience, we can easily accommodate them on short notice and give them the thrill they are looking for.”

As far as future plans for Raceway Park, Reuvers stated, “We really have no intentions of changing anything but leaving things as is for now.”

The big question now comes; will this interrupt your chance of winning the 2009 ASAMT championship? “I hope not,” Reuvers quickly answered. “In my discussions with Tim and Steve, it sounds like there may be two races that may conflict with the Sunday night weekly racing program at Raceway Park, but I think I can miss a couple nights at Raceway to do the ASAMT events.”

“This is fantastic news for short track racing in general. Donny is so well respected by everyone in the Midwest Tour and all around racing that he will receive a warm welcome in his new business venture,” Steve Einhaus, ASAMT Vice-President stated. “We couldn’t be happier for all of them and its going to be great working with Donny as a track owner and as one of our Touring Stars.”

For more information on Raceway Park, please visit their site at www.goracewaypark.com.

For more information on the Short Track Driving Experience, please visit www.shorttrackracing.net.

To learn more about the American Speed Association Kwik Trip Midwest Tour presented by Echo Outdoor Power Equipment log on to www.asamidwesttour.com or call the ASA Midwest Tour office at (262) 514-3880 or e-mail Tim Olson at tim@asamidwesttour.com or Steve Einhaus at steve@asamidwesttour.com.

To learn more of the Daytona Beach, Florida-based Racing Speed Associates or the American Speed Association Racing Member Track program, call (386) 258-2221 or send an e-mail to info@asa-racing.com. For news and information from racetracks and regional tours involved in the American Speed Association, visit www.asaracing.com.